Bumble Founder Becomes The Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire | Forbes

Shares of dating app Bumble soared in its IPO on Thursday, turning its 31-year-old CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd into the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire. Her nearly 12% stake in the company was worth $1.6 billion as of 12:40 p.m. EST on Thursday.

Bumble stock opened at $76, much higher than its initial IPO price of $43 per share. The company made its debut hours after the markets opened on Thursday.

According to Bumble’s prospectus, Wolfe Herd owns 21.54 million shares, equivalent to 11.6% of the company. In addition to being the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, she is also the youngest female CEO ever to take a company public in the U.S.

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[abhisheksaha]

Forbes knew Kylie Jenner was just a hyped silicon doll. 😂

[teneshaanderson]

Coming from the people who broke that Kylie Jenner was a billionaire

[armanjr]

This is truly inspirational. Now that’s what “self-made” should sound like. You know what I mean...

[JB-sogr]

So, y'all came to your senses in regards to THAT girl from THAT group of psychopathic narcissists, I mean celebrity family...

[nigelhinds]

Didn't they gave this title to that Kardashian woman

[Fashionlifestyle_Official]

YouTube is getting really comfortable with these double unskippable ads ❣️

[rihamqasim]

Inspiring! I met my husband through this app

[phoenix-wqtv]

The amount of sexism in the comment section lmaoo

[EmorettaRobinson]

Did Forbes ever do a video or article about Pat McGrath? She's been in the makeup industry for years. Both as a makeup artist and now as an owner of a makeup company. I'd like to hear more about her.

[dsz]

This is familiar waiting for them to say that the info that was given was fake😉

[ev]

Of course shes self made! Doesn't everyone have a Russian billionaire in their contacts?

[inconvenientexistenlism]

Forbes, didn't you also said that about Elizabeth Holmes? Rhetorical question.

[tiktoktrends]

Stop hating on her. She was once the CEO of Tinder and had a major role in making of Tinder. The other founders kicked her out of personal reasons, (she was dating one of them and they broke up, so the guy decided to kick her out) so she started Bumble. She deserves respect not blind hatred. Stop hating on her just because she's a successful women.

[atulpj]

These dating apps are so hyped up. I'm not sure if these companies have it in their best interests to ethically match their clients. We are the products on most of these platforms.

[MostlyPeacefulNinja]

Lmao. Do they even have $1 Billion in revenue?

[jamespruett]

forbes already said it was Kylie Jenner. before, the spanx founder. and Elizabeth holmes, yes. forbes is more interested in selling magazines than doing serious due diligence. at least this women's billionaire status is confirmed by a public market.

[jean-marcpourrier]

Miss Wolfe congratulations. You are surrounded with high Vibrational individuals and companies. Gratitude a very strong elevated tool for manifesting such a Paramount achievement through all turmoils USA is going through. Keep elevating for I see myself in that eloquent state.

[tbzishere]

Now THATS who i want to match with on bumble 🤩

[Bobby-hncu]

They make money from you guys making silly in-app purchases. Be wise, save your money Kings!!

[raymondrocco]

I think the main Goal of Forbes is making every day working stiffs jealous !!!! 😆 🤣 😂 😹